Ironing-board.



No. 755,103. PATENTED MAR.'22, 1904.

S. L. BOYD.

IRONING BOARD.

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IRONING BOARD.

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PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN L. BOYD, OF KOSCIUSKO, MISSISSIPPI, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF TO w. A. CAMPBELL, OF HESTERVILLE, MISSISSIPPI.

IRONING-BQARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of I letters Patent No. 755,103, dated March 22, 1904.

Application filed-June 11, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPH N L. BOYD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kosciusko, in the county of Attala and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful Irontically or folded together when not required;

and the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter shown and described, and specified in the claims following.

In the drawings illustrative of the invention, in which corresponding parts are denoted by 'like designating characters, Figure 1 is aperspective view from above the table. Fig. 2

. is a perspective view from beneath the table. .Fig. 3 is a side viewof the device folded.

Fig. 4 is a sectional detail of the coupling between the skirt-board and detachable sleeveboard. Fig. 5 is a detached perspective detail of the guide-plate and supporting-cleats. Fig. 6 is a detail side view of a portion of the table. f Fig. 7 is'a detail transverse section through the table, showing the slidingbar at the end of one pair of legs; and Fig.8 is adetail perspective view to show mounting of the flat-iron holder.

The improved device consists ofa table member 10 0f the usual size and form or which may beof any size or form desired. Supported upon the table member at the larger end is a keeper 11, spaced from the table, as shown, and formed in the table just in front of the keeper is a socket 12. Supported upon the table member is a sleeve-board 13, having a bracket 14 at one end by which it is held above the upper surface of the table and with a pin 15 engaging the socket 12'. The bracket 14 is providedwith a base-piece, one end of which forms a toe or projection 16, extending beneath the keeper 11 when the board 13 and its bracket are turned in longitudinal alinement with the table member and which Serial No. 161,038- (No model.)

will be released from the keeper and permit the board to be removed when the latter is turned into a transverse position relative to the table, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig.

1. By this simple means the sleeve-board can be quickly attached when required and will be firmly supported by the holding means and which may be readily detached when not required by swinging it around into an unusual position.

The board lOand bracket 1d, including the toe 16, will preferably be of wood and the keeper 11 of metal; but the bracket may likewise be of metal, if required.

Connected to the under side of the larger end of the table member 10 are spaced sockets 17 18, in which a transverse pin 19 is supported by its ends, and connected for oscillation to the rod are leg members 20 21, having recesses in their ends at one side for receiving the rod 19 and having U-shaped straps 20 21, passing over the ends of said legs and inclosing said rod within said recesses, said straps being connected at their ends to said legs, the leg members being disposed near the sockets, as. shown.

Attached to the under side of the table mem- -ber 1O and in front and rear of the rod 19 are cleats 22 and 22*, the ends 23 of the cleat 22 being extended beyond the ends of the cleat 22 and recessed to receive the ends of the leg members 20 and 21, forming stops to limit the outward movement of said leg members. The cleat members 22 and 22 also serve as a support for one end of a guide-plate 25, the other end being similarly supported by a spacer-block 26, whereby the plate is supported in position spaced from the under surface of the table member. bers thus serve a threefold purposeas a strengthening means for the table member, as a means for limiting the movement of the leg members 20 21, and as a support-for one end of the guide-plate 25.

The base-support of the device consists of spaced side members 27 28, connected at the ends by'transverse members 29 30 and with longitudinal oppositely-disposed slots 31 32,

The cleat memformed by removing portions of the material. The bifurcated ends of the members 27 28 are maintained in spaced position by spacer-blocks 33 34. Connected rigidly to the transverse member 30 is a resilient bar 35, extending inwardly parallel to the side members 27 28 and provided with spaced transverse recesses 36 near the free end, the recesses inclined on one side, as shown. The lower ends of the leg members 20 21 are extended between the base members 27 28 and are connected movably thereto by a transverse rod 37 operating by its ends in the .slots 31 32 and likewise engaging the recesses 36, as shown. By this means when the spring-plate 35 is depressed and the rod 37 released from the recesses the table member may be folded down upon the base portion or adjusted to any elevation by causing the rod to engage the desired recess or notch. Other leg members 38 39, similar to the leg members 20 21, are pivotally connected to the base members by a rod 40 passing therethrough, and these leg members are connected with each other and movably connected with the table member by a U- shaped rod 41, which slides in the space between the guide-plate 25 and the table member. The leg members 20 21 cross the leg members 38 39 obliquely, as shown, and are connected at their crossing-points by a tiebolt 42, as shown. When thus constructed, it is obvious the table member may be set at any desired point of elevation within the range of the spaced notches 36 or folded together, as shown in Fig. 3.

The construction is very simple, cheap, and durable, the parts being disposed to sustain the table member from strains from all directions and may be constructed in any desired size or of any required material or combinations of material.

A fiat-iron holder 42 may be attached and supported by the same bolts which hold the keeper 11, as shown in Figs. 1 and 8.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. In a folding ironing-table, a base member having longitudinal slots and a resilient plate having spaced transverse recesses, atable member, leg members movably connected byone end to said table member and movably engaging said slots, and provided with means for detachably engaging said resilient plate, and other leg members movably connected by one end to said base member and movably engaging the table member by the other end, and pivoted to said first-mentioned leg members' intermediately of their ends.

2. In a folding ironing-table, a base member having longitudinal slots and a resilient plate having spaced transverse recesses, a table member, having a guide-plate spaced from the under face thereof, leg members movably connected by one end to said table member and movably engaging the slots in said base and provided with means for engaging said resilient plate, and leg members movably connected by one end to said base and having means disposed in the space between said guide-plate and said table member and pivoted to said first-mentioned leg members intermediately of their ends, substantially as described.

3. In a foldable ironing-table, a base member formed of spaced sides having oppositelydisposed longitudinal slots, and with a resilient plate having spaced transverse recesses and extending between said spaced base members, a table member, spaced leg members movably connected by one end to said table member and united at their other ends by a rod extending through said slots and likewise engaging said spaced recesses in said resilient plate, and leg members movably connected by one end to said base members and movably engaging said table member by their other ends and pivotally connected to said first-mentioned leg members intermediately of the ends thereof, substantially as described.

4:. In a foldable ironing-table, a base member formed of spaced sides connected at the ends by transverse supports and with longitudinalslots formed by-removing the central portion of said side members and with spacerblocks secured between the said divided portions, a resilient plate connected to one of said end supports and extending between the base members, spaced leg members movably connected by one end to said table member and united at their other ends by a rod extending through said slots and likewise engaging said spaced recesses in said resilient plate, and leg members movably connected by one end to said base member and movably engaging the table by the other end, and pivoted intermediately of their ends to said said first-mentioned leg members intermediately of the ends of the first-mentioned leg members, substantially as described.

5. In a device of the character described, a table member having a supporting-base, a clip spaced from said table member, a sleeve-board having a supporting-block and pivotally and detachably connected to the table adjacent to said clip and having an extending toe adapted to extend beneath said clip when the sleeveboard is swung on its pivot in a certain predetermined position to hold it on the table and when said board is swung into another position said toe is released from said clip.

6. In a device of the character described, a table member, spaced bearings secured thereto beneath said table member near one end, a pivot-rod supported in said bearings, leg members having recesses in their ends at one side and engaging said rod, straps inelosing said rod within said recesses and connected to said leg members, a cleat disposed between said leg members and having recessed extensions my own I have hereto affixed my signature in formlng stops to limit the outward movement the presence of two wltnesses.

of said leg members, a base-support, and means carried by said base-support for secur- STEPHEN BOYD 5 ing said leg members in their distended posi- Witnesses:

tion, substantially as described. J. S. FLEMING,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as V. H. WALLACE. 

